Gerard DiConza

Gerard DiConza is a partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell in the Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring and Creditors' Rights group and has more than 30 years of experience in bankruptcy and insolvency. He represents debtors, trustees, foreign liquidators, distressed buyers in section 363 sales, estate fiduciaries and creditors, both in and out of court. Mr. DiConza’s clients include fiduciaries in litigation involving issues of fraud, alter ego, breach of fiduciary duties, bad faith, fraudulent and preferential transfers, debtors, creditors, purchasers, investors, committees and other parties in interest in bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings. He also advises investment bankers, financial advisors and other professionals in connection with retention and payment issues under the Bankruptcy Code. Following law school, Mr. DiConza clerked for Hon. Jeremiah E. Berk, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York. He frequently speaks on bankruptcy topics and is currently a lecturer on restructurings at St. John's University School of Law. Mr. DiConza received his B.B.A. in 1991 from Hofstra University; his J.D. in 1994 from St. John’s Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the ABI Law Review; and his LL.M. in corporate law from New York University School of Law in 1998.